Alvania planciusi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Alvania planciusi
Shell of Alvania planciusi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species:
A. planciusi
Binomial name
Alvania planciusi
Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde

References

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  1. ^ Alvania plauciusi Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. WoRMS (2009). Alvania plauciusi Moolenbeek & Rolán, 1988. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224663 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Templado, J.; Rolán, E. (1994 ["1993"]). Las especies del género Crisilla y afines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Rissoidea) en el archipiélago de Cabo Verde. Iberus. 11(2): 1-25
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